OpinionVaimoana TapaleaoWhy new Potter is just wrongThat was the only thing going through my mind as I heartbreakingly read - no, scraped - through JK Rowling's latest look into the life of Harry Potter.11 Jul 01:00 AM
Business10 business books for your reading listTen business books to help you get ahead in your career, better manage teams, sharpen your leadership skills or just learn something new.10 Jul 04:30 AM
BusinessAmazon offers authors caught in dispute all revenue from e-salesAmazon.com has an offer for authors at the book publisher Hachette, which is embroiled in a fight with the Internet retailer over e-book prices.09 Jul 03:33 AM
LifestyleThe top 'unread' bestsellersYou need a book to take on holiday but you don’t want a “summer read”, you want something that will broaden your mind.08 Jul 11:30 PM
BusinessAuthors weigh in on Amazon, Hachette disputeThe clash between Amazon and Hachette has taken a new turn, as hundreds of authors asked readers to email Amazon's CEO to protest the e-retailer's tough tactics.07 Jul 01:40 AM
LifestyleBook review: Tree PalaceIn his second novel, Craig Sherborne presents a family of transients, “last of their kind”, who drift along, squatting in abandoned properties dotted across Victoria’s wheat belt.05 Jul 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Empty Bones and Other StoriesBreton Dukes has an interesting bio. He has shifted from north to south — from Whangarei to Dunedin.04 Jul 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Tenderness storiesPublishers are wary of short stories. They don’t sell as easily or pleasingly as novels.04 Jul 06:00 PM
WorldDid MI5 abuse JK Rowling?The online abuse aimed at the Harry Potter author JK Rowling after she donated £1 million to the Better Together campaign may have actually been the work of British spies, a senior Scottish politician has claimed.29 Jun 07:26 PM
New ZealandThe wonders of readingGhetto kid turned presidential hopeful Ben Carson is in New Zealand to help celebrate as the Duffy Books in Homes scheme turns 20.28 Jun 05:00 PM
LifestyleUrsula Le Guin: You never stop learningUrsula Le Guin’s long career has traversed many worlds, within which she is still uncovering more, writes David Larsen.28 Jun 12:24 AM
LifestyleBook review: The Girl Who Saved The King of SwedenIt starts in the 1970s. An illiterate girl from a Soweto slum is crammed into a truck with a load of potatoes.27 Jun 06:00 PM
New ZealandJohn Key: I thought about quittingJohn Key briefly considered walking away from the job about 18 months ago and his new biography reveals he sacked two Ministers for 'nothing in particular'.25 Jun 07:30 PM
LifestyleBook is anything but boringIt's said you should never judge a book by its cover, and Auckland author Vasanti Unka's <i>The Boring Book</i> proves this.23 Jun 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: The SilkWormIt was three months after the publication of Robert Galbraith's The Cuckoo's Calling, that J.K. Rowling was exposed as the true author of "his" crime debut, lauded by readers and critics alike.20 Jun 06:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Wild claims hurt writer's good workEditorial: Book launches can be a trap for unwary authors. Eager to gain the maximum publicity for their work, they face an ever-present temptation to gild the lily.19 Jun 05:30 PM
New Zealand'Chilling effect' after judge's rulingA judge has ruled a book written by a Herald journalist about Kim Dotcom is not "news activity" - so it doesn't get special legal protections.19 Jun 12:05 AM
WorldInternet spells end of complex novels, predicts authorThe "state of constant distraction" created by the internet, email and instant messaging is killing the traditional literary novel, a leading British author has claimed.16 Jun 07:20 AM
OpinionWarren Alcock: Pride and passion driving force for HobbsWhile New Zealand fans were still recovering from the 1995 Rugby World Cup.14 Jun 05:00 PM
LifestyleJane Goodall: On a crusadebecoming an octogenarian has only ramped up Jane Goodall’s globe-trekking schedule, because there’s far too much to be done to pause for a breather.13 Jun 10:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Mr MercedesMost of what you need to know about Stephen King you could learn from his sex scenes.13 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleNicola Barker: Teetering on the brinkBritish writer Nicola Barker retreats into a self-indulgent solitude when she is working, she tells James Kidd.13 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleNed Beauman: When wild foxes come into townNed Beauman’s new novel, Glow, is being touted as an international conspiracy thriller for a new generation, writes Stephen Jewell.13 Jun 06:00 PM
Entertainment'Spot the dog' creator diesEric Hill, the children’s author behind the Spot the Dog series, has died at the age of 86 in his California home.11 Jun 12:04 AM
